What favor are you fighting for?The empress's harem has won a lot of business

He has lived so long, and his position has been promoted again and again, but he has never had his own room.

Even if she already recognized her sister, she returned to her identity as Lin Zhengxiao.

After raising his body, he is still just the most ordinary guard in the guard camp, living in the guard room of Datongpu prepared in the palace, eating and lodging with his brothers, there has never been any difference.

Until now, the tribe came back, and the mother came back.

"nice! You love it"

Meng carefully tucked her son's collar to prevent the cold wind from blowing in. She slowly moved to the side of the wooden bed, bent down clumsily, and took out a shining copper basin filled with black charcoal. .

"This is for keeping my son warm"

Lin Zhengxiao was about to say no, but Meng suddenly stopped her.

"I remember that you and your older sister suffered from chilblain in winter. When you were young, your mother carried one on both sides. Your mother also said that you are a boy with great firepower, so you have to let your sister."

Meng Shi laughed so hard that tears flowed out.

"You are sensible at such a young age. You know how to let your sister know. You even have a soft heart for the old big yellow dog at home. You often leave some leftover steamed buns for him."

"My child, how have you been all these years?"

The mother and son cried again.

Mrs. Lin came forward with the dumplings and greeted her with red eyes.

"The dumplings are out of the pan, eat them while they are hot. For the Chinese cabbage stuffing, put more than half a catty of lard alone, and they are delicious."

Lin Zhengxiao frowned: "Why only put lard and meat?"

The two women were shocked at first, and then looked at him with eyes of "what do you know about a child".

It is still a Monteggian language with a long heart.

"Meat is much more expensive than pork suet. My mother and your second aunt woke up early yesterday and finally bought it at the butcher shop. It's only [-] cents per catty. Isn't it cheaper? It tastes the same, and it tastes good."

Lin Zhengxiao was at a loss for words.

He looked at the house full of purchases, you get what you pay for, and you can see that they are all inferior products, or some of the better ones are hand-sewn by themselves.

Only the copper basin.

"How much money did it cost?"

Mrs. Meng looked a little tired, and waved her hand to express that she didn't want to talk.

Lin Zhengxiao picked up the copper basin and observed it carefully. According to the market price of gold, silver, copper and iron and labor costs, she almost got a count.

My heart ached slightly: "Three taels of silver, right?"

"Mother, is this room full of things enough for two or three taels?"

Mrs. Meng was a little embarrassed, so her aunt came out to make a rescue, and said with a smile why the New Year's Eve should be like this.

"My brother can eat dumplings happily, but my sister-in-law will have no wish"

Lin Zhengxiao had no choice but to pick up the plates and swallow them one by one.

"Eat slowly", Mengshi smiled.

-

It wasn't until the second day of junior high that Lin Ximeng finally asked to see Lin Zhengxiao again.

This time it was the school grounds, because Lin Zhengxiao was on duty every day, and he liked to practice martial arts in the school grounds the most.

Not only Lin Zhengxiao was there, but Lu Chen was also there, and many guards from the guard camp were there.

The siblings came to an open space to talk.

Lin Ximeng asked many questions, how is mother, how is aunt?When did they come and where do they live now?

After answering the previous questions one by one, at the last one, Lin Zhengxiao suddenly knelt down.

"How is this going?"

Lin Zhengxiao told her plan, the ordinary houses in Sesame Lane were only given 50 taels of money to settle down.

Lin Ximeng was so angry that she pointed at her younger brother's nose.

"I gave you more than 1000 taels of silver, and you just got this?"

Lin Zhengxiao was also very sad, seeing that they could only eat cabbage dumplings mixed with lard on New Year's Eve, and they usually didn't know how to be frugal and thrifty.

He turned his head away: "I know I have treated my mother badly, but I have to do this?"

Lin Ximeng was not a fool, and soon understood what he said.

The Lin family had just returned to Beijing, and strictly speaking they were still sinners. At this time, many eyes were staring at them.

If you live too well, you will definitely attract resentment and jealousy. If you make a big fuss, you will alarm the censor.

She took a deep breath to calm her mind, and for the first time, she had the thought that her wisdom was inferior to that of a human being.

As a modern person, when he buried himself in countless medical books and pharmacopoeias, he forgot all the ways of the world.

The most dangerous thing is not poison, but the human heart.

-

Coming out of the school grounds, Lin Ximeng saw Lu Chen from afar.

"I haven't seen General Lu for a long time. Where did he go?"

Lin Zhengxiao didn't know either, and only vaguely replied that General Lu seemed to have encountered some kind of problem.

"I heard that he asked the emperor several times to go out of the palace on errands, but was rejected by the emperor on the grounds that there is no one in front of the emperor for the time being."

Lin Ximeng didn't take it to heart.

Greeted General Lu from a long distance away, and led the people away.

Because he was aboveboard and did not avoid people, the news inevitably went fast.

Jiaofang Palace

Taking Concubine Liu and Concubine Cui to receive the empress who had been ordered by the inside and outside, upon hearing the news from the servants, she had a slightly displeased face, but quickly concealed it.

After the banquet was over and everyone left, she called Madam Cheng to invite Lu Chen again.

Madam Cheng was in a dilemma: "Mother, it's not easy to push this kind of thing too hard. General Lu obviously doesn't want to continue, why don't we find another one?"

It is really difficult to say this sentence, but the empress is not used to the lonely life, and General Lu has not responded.

You can't just go on like this forever, you have to get over this hurdle, right?
"He doesn't want to because he is timid and unlucky. There are so many handsome young men in the guard camp, who are much younger than him and much thicker than him. Any one you like has a chance. If you love me, it will be easier to get things done."

The queen was so angry that she instantly knocked over the soup cup.

"Nonsense, do you think it's the vegetable market that picks radishes and cabbages? Do you think I'm a beckoning woman in the streets and alleys? Anyone can do it? Who do you think I am?"

"As long as he is said, as long as he is"

Madam Cheng retreated without a word.

The queen's eyeballs rolled around, calling people to start making up out of thin air, and then making people spread the news.

"General Lu has an affair with Guiren Lin. Everyone saw it clearly in the school grounds on the second day of junior high school."

"General Lu only likes Lin Guiren wholeheartedly, so Aiwu and Wulian take good care of her younger brother."

Putting these rumors in the deep palace is killing people.

In less than three days, these rumors spread to every corner of the harem, even the lowest sweeping eunuch heard about it.

The queen was all smiles.

"Lu Chen, Lu Chen, whether it's true or not, you won't be able to escape this time"

"If it's true, it's a death penalty for disrupting the palace. If it's false..."

The queen smiled even brighter: "That would be even better."

She wished that Lu Chen would not like anyone but herself, that she would not marry a wife or have children in this life, and just stay by her side in obscurity.

that would be nice?

She has a status, a loved one, and will try to have children in the future.

After all, she will be the most honorable woman in the Dasheng Dynasty, and also the happiest woman.

As for the fourth princess Xie Jingzhi, I heard that her two children are toddlers, time really flies.

It's a pity, what can she compare with herself?